Gating the bacterial mechanosensitive channels: MscS a new paradigm?

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-167

  Edwards, Michelle D ^a   Booth, Ian R ^a   Miller, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gain of function; GOF; Mechanosensitive; MS; TM; Transmembrane

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; OLIGOMER;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONDUCTANCE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MECHANICS; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TIME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1842610479     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2004.02.006     Document Type: Review

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